direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
tools and materials; equipment and materials
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
playing the victim; playing the victim card
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP
to pass (of time); to elapse
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
successor; replacement; second wife